April 10, 2019
Why On-Demand Wages Could Kill Payday

For the two-thirds of the U.S. population living paycheck to paycheck, the two-week wait can feel like an eternity. Yet, according to Mark Wes, head of risk, payments and compliance...

April 10, 2019
Wanted: Cybersecurity Aces — Mastercard, Partners Have A Plan

Here’s a bit of heresy for 2019: Data’s not everything. Sure, data often gets called the oil of the digital age — and data, as a commodity, has an economic, political...

April 09, 2019
Pressure Mounts On CFPB Over Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

Launched in 2008 as a provision of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA), the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program’s objectives were pretty straightforward. The idea was to create...

April 09, 2019
Rhode Island Eyes Capping Credit Card Interest Rates

In the United States, credit card balances and the interest rates charged on those balances are on the rise. In the latest data, more than $870 billion in credit card...

April 09, 2019
Global Payments Platform Finablr To Raise $200M In IPO

Finablr, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) payments company, is gearing up to launch an initial public offering in the U.K., aiming to raise at least $200 million. The Financial Times,...

April 09, 2019
FinTech Firms Make Inroads In Switzerland

In Switzerland, the tally of FinTech firms grew by 62 percent year over year, aided by a favorable regulatory climate, according to a recent study.  And elsewhere, in Africa, significant...

April 08, 2019
Will Chuck E. Cheese IPO Bring The Cheddar?

The news came Monday (April 8) that Chuck E. Cheese – the family-focused entertainment and restaurant combinations that have housed many a birthday party and likely drained many a parental...

April 08, 2019
Kabbage Raises $700M For SMB Lending

Kabbage, the global financial services company for small businesses, announced Monday (April 8) it has closed the largest asset-backed securitization (ABS) by a small business online lending platform to date for...

April 08, 2019
Inflated Credit Scores Put Lenders At Risk

Goldman Sachs and Moody’s Analytics are warning that credit scores of consumers have been inflated during the past ten years, hiding the danger of defaults and increasing the risks for...